The prewar state of yugoslavia referred to its component regions as republics would a political geographer have called them states, nations, or provinces?

Nations

Explanation:

A nation is a group of people that have a cohesive culture: a common language, religion, customs, history. A nation can be a state (a nation-state) or not, and a state can include two or more nations (a multinational state). For example, Japan is a nation-state, but Russia is not.

The Yugoslavian republics were nations. The Slovenes for example are catholics, speak the Slovenian language, and identify themselves a central europeans. The Serbians are orthodox, speak the Serbian langauge, and identify themselves as Slavs, Balkans, and view Russia as an ally.

the answer should be monarchy

the first two years of american revolution was not very encouraging for the patriots since the british were far superior in sea power, arms and troops.